Death in the bastion of the Balkan mafia, Mitrovica is a black hole: How the Germans are writing about the murder of Oliver Ivanovic (PHOTO)

According to the newspaper, Ivanovic was a "thorn in the eye" with the nationalist Albanian elites in Pristina, but he was not good with Serbian nationalists either, and he had enemies in international supervisory bodies in Kosovo

Death in the bastion of the Balkan Mafia, the title of the text in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung after the murder of Oliver Ivanovic.

INCONSOLABLE ENDLESS PROCESSION: The coffin with Oliver's body leaving Kosovska Mitrovica

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- It would be important for Kosovo, Serbia, and Serbs in Mitrovica to solve the murder. But the chances are not good - the German newspaper estimates.

- From the aspect of the rule of law, Mitrovica is a black hole, which has now swallowed a new victim - it is estimated in the text of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, reports Deutsche Welle.

The newspaper says that Ivanovic was "a pragmatist, moderate when others played with the fire of national hysteria and myths", and that "it is certain that Ivanovic created a lot of enemies with his unmasked approach to Kosovo reality". 

According to the newspaper, Ivanovic was a "thorn in the eye" with the nationalist Albanian elites in Pristina, but he was not good with Serbian nationalists either, and he had enemies in international supervisory bodies in Kosovo.

In similar style, Neue Zurcher Zeitung says that "the north of Kosovo is still no country, shaken by violence".

- Neighter Pristina nor Serbia really control the north of Kosovo since the war - reports Neue Zurcher Zeitung, adding that "there is a hybrid rule in which Belgrade participates, international missions, organized crime and to the least extent, Pristina".

- It is known for years that mafia structures are flourishing in such a biotope - concludes the paper.

According to weekly magazine Spiegel in the online edition, mafia murders are everyday life in the Balkan countries.

- But this murder is most likely politically motivated - Spiegel estimates.

According to the newspaper, Ivanovic's murder happened in the midst of an extremely critical political situation, when Serbian-Kosovo relations were at the lowest point in recent years.

And Kosovo itself is politically, economically and socially - a few weeks before the tenth anniversary of the proclamation of independence - at the bottom, Spiegel's conclusion in the online edition, according to Deutsche Welle.

You can read everything about the murder HERE.

(Telegraf.co.uk / Tanjug)